Gracia Enrique, Rodriguez Christina M, Martín-Fernández Manuel, Lila Marisol
University of Valencia, Spain.
University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2020 Sep;35(17-18):3217-3236. doi: 10.1177/0886260517707310. Epub 2017 May 12.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) and child abuse (CA) are two forms of family violence with shared qualities and risk factors, and are forms of violence that tend to overlap. Acceptability of violence in partner relationships is a known risk factor in IPV just as acceptability of parent-child aggression is a risk factor in CA. We hypothesized that these acceptability attitudes may be linked and represent the expression of a general, underlying nonspecific acceptance of violence in close family relationships. The sample involved 164 male IPV offenders participating in a batterer intervention program. Implicit measures, which assess constructs covertly to minimize response distortions, were administered to assess acceptability of partner violence against women and acceptability of parent-child aggression. To determine whether acceptability attitudes regarding both forms of violence were related to a higher order construct tapping general acceptance of family violence, Bayesian confirmatory factor analyses were conducted. Findings supported a hierarchical (bifactor) model with a general factor expressing a nonspecific acceptance of family violence, and two specific factors reflecting acceptability of violence in intimate partner and parent-child relationships, respectively. This hierarchical model supporting a general acceptance of violence in close family relationships can inform future research aiming to better understand the connections between IPV and CA.
亲密伴侣暴力（IPV）和虐待儿童（CA）是家庭暴力的两种形式，具有共同特征和风险因素，且往往相互重叠。伴侣关系中暴力的可接受性是亲密伴侣暴力的一个已知风险因素，正如亲子间攻击行为的可接受性是虐待儿童的一个风险因素一样。我们假设这些可接受性态度可能相互关联，并代表了对亲密家庭关系中暴力的一种普遍的、潜在的非特定接受的表现。样本包括164名参与施暴者干预项目的男性亲密伴侣暴力罪犯。采用隐性测量方法（该方法暗中评估相关概念以尽量减少反应偏差）来评估对女性伴侣暴力的可接受性以及亲子间攻击行为的可接受性。为了确定对这两种暴力形式的可接受性态度是否与反映对家庭暴力普遍接受的高阶概念相关，进行了贝叶斯验证性因素分析。研究结果支持一种层次（双因素）模型，其中一个一般因素表示对家庭暴力的非特定接受，两个特定因素分别反映亲密伴侣关系和亲子关系中暴力的可接受性。这种支持对亲密家庭关系中暴力普遍接受的层次模型可为未来旨在更好理解亲密伴侣暴力和虐待儿童之间联系的研究提供参考。
